Another network of Indian spies unearthed in Pakistan

Another network of Indian spies unearthed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security agencies have unearthed another network of Indian spies that is involved in terrorism in Pakistan and is being run under auspices of New Delhi’s embassy based in Islamabad.

Security sources say the network is second largest in Pakistan after the espionage setup of Kulbhushan Yadav,  an Indian national arrested in Balochistan spying for Indian spy agency, RAW.

Two officials of Indian embassy, Rajesh Kumar Agnihotri and Balbir Singh are acting as cover agents of RAW and India’s Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Pakistan.

A history of spying 

Prior to this a number of Indian spies have been spotted and arrested in Pakistan during the course of the country's enmity with its neighbor.

Earlier this year Kulbhushan Yadav, a serving Indian navy officer, was arrested from Balochistan while spying for RAW.

Another high-profile Indian spy caught in Pakistan was Ravindra Kaushik (1952–1999), who was sent across the border in 1975 on a mission after extensive training in Delhi for two years. He had kept on passing valuable information to RAW from 1979 to 1983.

In September 1983, Indian intelligence agencies had sent a low-level operative, Inayat Masih, to get in touch with Kaushik. But the agent was caught by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies and had revealed Kaushik's true identity during probe.